MACC women defeat McKendree jayvee squad

Monday

Dec 9, 2013 at 5:15 PM

The Greyhound women of Moberly Area Community College dumped in the first 11 points of their Saturday afternoon game at Lebanon, Ill. and returned home celebrating a solid 68-37 victory against the jayvee squad of McKendree University.Keri Kleist led MACC women (8-2) in scoring with 12 points as eight of the 10 players that saw action scored five points or more. Sophomore center Alira Mihocic recorded her second double-double of the season as she finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Alexis Newbolt also finished in double digits with 10 points and had a team high five assists. Alexis Robinson just missed a double-double of her own with nine points and eight rebounds and also contributed three assists, three steals, and three blocked shots."It wasn't the prettiest game," said MACC women’s head coach Chad Killinger. "We still have a lot of room for improvement and we're going to have to continue to grow together as a team as the season progresses, but there are also a lot of good qualities that I see in this group already."After jumping out to an 11-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game MACC saw their lead trimmed to 14-10, before a three-point play by Alexis Robinson triggered a 19-1 run. With that kind of effort, Moberly’s lead grew to 22 en route to a 33-16 halftime lead by the Greyhounds.McKendree managed to cut their deficit to 35-23 early in the second half, but back to back field goals by Newbolt and a basket by Kleist extended MACC's lead back to 18 with 13 minutes remaining in the game. The Bearcats of McKendree University then answered with back to back baskets of their own, but the Greyhound women seized complete control of the game with an 18-2 run to take a 59-29 lead with just five minutes remaining in the contest said Killinger.The Greyhound women outrebounded McKendree 56-44, but shot just 40 percent from the field. McKendree was limited to just 19 percent shooting and committed 27 turnovers.MACC will not play again until the weekend of Dec. 18-19 when they travel to Gallatin, Tennessee to play Volunteer State and Snead State during a classic. The Greyhound women were originally scheduled to play in Fulton this Friday, but a conflict with the final exam schedule at Westminster College forced that game to be moved to January 6."It's unfortunate," said Killinger. "You never like to have this long of a break between games, but on a positive note it will allow our girls to concentrate on their own finals before we head to Volunteer State."